"Patience my dear and learn to hold your tongue, otherwise I will have my good friend Mr Rota, take you outside." Jacques snarled. "Henri, ask Ave, if she could prepare some drinks for our guest?"

The man who had let the three of them in was the man known as Henri Rota. He nodded and left the room. Decker watched Henri leave the room then turned back to Jacques who had placed his wrists down on the table and sat there with his hands cupped. "So Madame, what would you like to buy?"

The conversation was fast and snappy, Young sat back and watched as Erin bantered with the arms dealer, trying to get the cheapest weapons, even cheaper. The arms dealer, Jacques, pulled out a selection of handguns and explosives, some had obviously taken from Majestic Twelve soldiers and had the serial numbers scratched off. Erin’s knowledge of the current weapons available helped her spot the arms dealer’s devious offers. She knew what she was talking about and what she was aiming to get. Ave, the woman who had held the shotgun to Decker’s back supplied them with a small snack of pâté on crackers and biscuits and glass of red wine, they accepted gratefully as they had been almost starved on the journey over. Decker sat quiet throughout the transaction; he looked around the room noticing most of the decorative furnishings had been slightly damaged, for they had been stolen from upper class homes in the riots and protests, during the martial law.

Eventually, Jacques gave into Erin’s constant, repetitive and annoying stubbornness and supplied the three of them with three handguns and a few LAMs. "You may come back when you have more credits... Do you have a place to stay?" Jacques asked. The three of them shook their heads uttering the word "No." Jacques looked up at Ave who seemed to say something with a strange look. "Well, I would offer a room here, but there is no room. I do know a local hotel in which you can stay. It is pretty safe, and quite luxurious. You may have to pay a lot of money, because you are...foreigners." Jacques stood up from the desk as walked around it. "Please follow Henri to the car."

Henri walked swiftly through the curtain and they followed him from the chairs. Decker was stopped by Jacques who put his had firmly on his shoulder. "I understand from the Smuggler, you are an expert in setting up security systems." Jacques whispered. Decker nodded "I may have work for you, if you would like to join me."

"Only if you employee all three of us, Young is a good fighter and Erin has an in-depth knowledge of weaponry, demolition, and specialist equipment." Decker replied. Jacques nodded and squinted as if in deep thought. "We shall speak tomorrow, now come, to the car."

Outside, a saloon car waited running the engine, Erin and Young sat in the back. Jacques got in the passenger side and Decker joined his friends in the back. Decker smiled. "What’s up?" Erin asked.

"I may have found us all an employer." Decker whispered. Jacques who was in the front heard this and smiled, he was already planning what would happen to his three new members.